Jump$tart Financial Foundations for Educators

Our teacher training initiative is a collaborative endeavor designed to standardize teacher training in personal finance using a shared model called Jump$tart Financial Foundations for Educators® (J$FFE). J$FFE, which was designed to ensure consistency and rigor in national teacher training programs, is administered by the Jump$tart Coalition on behalf of its partners and affiliates.

Research conducted on J$FFE pilot programs shows evidence of the Model’s effectiveness. Teachers who participated in pilot programs in five locations increased their knowledge, retained their knowledge after six months, made positive changes in their personal financial behaviors, and integrated what they had learned into their teaching.

Ongoing research, administered by National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) on behalf of the Jump$tart Coalition, will compile effectiveness statistics from all users of the Model.

About Our Model Founding Developers

The Jump$tart Financial Foundations for Educators model (J$FFE) is a collaborative endeavor initially proposed by Jump$tart board member Ted Beck, president and CEO, of the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) and undertaken by the Jump$tart Coalition on behalf of its partners, in response to independent and widely quoted research, conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which found that relatively few personal finance teachers felt adequately prepared to teach the subject or use their state’s standards.